WOW GENTS ! Today i spent the whole afternoon soldering displays, capacitors, lamps and connectors ...made 2 boards for Mates that ordered them and then made my OWN board !

It took a while as the REAL PANEL has to be slightly modified .... unfortunately i was so kept by the job that i didn't take any pictures ....but then ... as you know OSRAMS are a little bit greater than the original displays ... and i had to make some"dremelling" on the back of the panel where the displays go .... there are 4 small rised areas that i had to take away.... about 10 minutes of work !

then i placed the PCB inside and "click - clack" it went into position !

From the BACK - don't look at the wires ... i decided this solution for me ! the other boards will have a 10 pin header !

THIRD PAGE !!!! Ok i deserve it ! .... but now updating my thread with a GREAT NEW !!! (at least for me !!!)

After some months i decided to finish the project of interfacing the real TQS .....i had several troubles in the past months that were leading me to the conclusion that it was almost impossible ... or TOO HARD for me ....I were experiencing troubles with the trimming of the Axis (MR and AE) and there was no chance to have a goodsignal on the Radar Cursor ...

Then i decided to begin again ..... i found a 34 pin breakout board and cutted the CRAPPY connections i made on a flat 34 pin

What YOU NEED:Of course a Real F-16 TQS like this one:

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then you need Jay's Proto Board

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a 34 Pin breakout pcb

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and the Electronic board that you'll have to gut out from your Courgar's Throttle !

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After many attempts and hours passed with a small screwdriver and a multimeter i finally was able to obtain the desider value from the AE, MR and RC ..... so i hooked all togetherand fired for first HOTAS CCP, then Foxy and last but not least Falcon

I also added a pot for the throttle following Kukki's Idea (Thanks MATE !!!) unfortunately i wasn't ableto install the Hall Sensor due to the angle's limitation (90? max)

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First result was GOOD for MR and AE .... but i was experiencing a strange behaviour with the RC ....the Y axis was running quite well .... the X axis was giving a 45? movement instead an orizzontal one ...OH DAMN ..... Bad Transducers

just a quick check on the 34 pin breackout board and i realized that i was mixing up the SIGNAL with the VIN quick change .., recalibration and WOW !!! running SMOOTH and FINALLY STRAIGHT !!!!!

then i decided to mount the throttle in the trainer .... (DAMN GUYS .... fixing the base to the ribs is really a painfull job !!!! really tight space to move tools ..... and lot of time to make a good job !) I think that without a REAL TRAINER (with the right dimensions and predrilled holes) aligning the throttle with the guide rail should be very time consuming and i very suggest to ask help from some friend when you do it !!!! doing it alone it could be impossible !

AWESOME, Davide!Wow, that is great. You are getting closer and closer to flying that baby. Lining up my new Dunk throttle gate is my next project!I am grateful for the pics, I will be watching you.Nigel

Hey Davide!Looks fantastic, mate. I have a question. I too am mounting my throttle and it is extremely difficult. Is the throttle gate vertical to the waterline? Or does it lean at an angle? Is it parallel with the side console or the side wall? The front of mine is directly over the ALT GEAR handle and I think it should be farther outboard. I am really fighting this because it has to be just right as you say or it wont work.Thanks Nigel